Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

After Flores de Las Penas

When I left Flores de Las Penas I was heading to Mazatlan as a travel goal. Had I found a place along the coast that was interesting, of course, I would have stayed but really, the highway from Flores to … Continue reading

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A few days at Flores de Las Penas…

I ended up spending a couple weeks at the Flores RV Park. In part because I had driven 4,000 miles in 2 months and needed a break from driving, and there was some work for me to do there and … Continue reading

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The road to Puerto Escondido…

After I left Palenque, I headed due north to Mex186, then zip west to Villahermosa. One hill I came down I see off in the distance a cloud of black, hovering over, no wait, on and over the roadway in … Continue reading

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Palenque and after…

The Palenque ruins are perched on hills that overlook a very large valley. Even with an occasional breeze sweeping up from the valley, it was hot and muggy. I shudder to think what it would have been like if there … Continue reading

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More Palenque Ruins

The last set of pictures were day one at Palenque, this set is day 2. While I wandered around the ancient city of Palenque that first day, for 3 or so hours, I’d run into this cute young women several … Continue reading

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Attempted Visit to Loltun Caves.

After I left Uxmal, I traveled south just a few kilometers to what’s known as the Puuc Route, there are several ruins all along the same road and all within a few kilometers of each other. And 11 KM from … Continue reading

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Merida to Uxmal Ruins…

The time came to leave Chichen Itza, I’d seen all I wanted to see there, got sick (with a cold and cough) then got well, and it was time to move on to Merida. There is only one RV park … Continue reading

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More from Chichen Itza…

Around four days later, I made another trip to Chichen Itza. I’ll get to that in a bit. It was a little surprising that it was overcast most of the time here in the Yucatan. I’d half expected it to be … Continue reading

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Visit to Chichen Itza…

Strange as it may seem, I am posting this in 2015 although I’d visited Chichen Itza in December of 2006. There were a few things that have happened over the years between when I visited Itza in ’06 and now that … Continue reading

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On the Road & Chetumal…

From Catemaco we headed due east to Chetumal, spending the night in a Pemex station that had long lines waiting for fuel. I’d fueled up 2-300 miles earlier and could easily make it to Chetumal so I spent that evening … Continue reading

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